Prerequisites

Before attempting to create a VPX instance in AWS, ensure you have the following:

An AWS account: to launch a Citrix ADC VPX AMI in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). You can create an AWS account for free at www.aws.amazon.com.

An AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user account: to securely control access to AWS services and resources for your users. For more information about how to create an IAM user account, see the topic Creating IAM Users (Console).

An IAM role is mandatory for both standalone and high availability deployments. The IAM role must have the following privileges:

ec2:DescribeInstances

ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces

ec2:DetachNetworkInterface

ec2:AttachNetworkInterface

ec2:StartInstances

ec2:StopInstances

ec2:RebootInstances

ec2:DescribeAddresses

ec2:AssociateAddress

ec2:DisassociateAddress

autoscaling:*

sns:*

sqs:*

iam:SimulatePrincipalPolicy

iam:GetRole

If you use the Citrix CloudFormation template, the IAM role is automatically created. The template does not allow selecting an already created IAM role.

Note: When you log on the VPX instance through GUI, a prompt to configure the required privileges for IAM role appears. Ignore the prompt if you’ve already configured the privileges.

AWS CLI: to use all the functionality provided by the AWS Management Console from your terminal program. For more information, see the AWS CLI user guide. You also need the AWS CLI to change the network interface type to SR-IOV.

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